Invitation to Bid.pdf

Shawnee Road Ballfields 1 Invitation to Bid Parking Lot Improvements

INVITATION TO BID

PROJECT NAME: Shawnee Road Ballfields-Parking Lot Improvements

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Shawnee Road Ballfields, Parking Lot Improvements project consists of underground drainage, Paving, striping, curbs, and site retention.

BID DATE:

Bids will be received at the district’s Administrative Offices, located at the corner of Shawnee and Sylvester Ave., until 3:00 PM (local time) on Wednesday 3rd, September 2025.

Bids will be publicly opened at the Administrative Offices and read aloud at this time. Bids received after this time will not be considered and will be returned to the bidder unopened.

Bids shall be properly and completely executed on the Bid Proposal Form included within the Project Manual and submitted in duplicate. Bids shall be clearly marked as “Shawnee Road Ballfields- Parking Lot Improvements” on the front of the submitted envelope.

PRE-BID MEETING:

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on 25th August 2025 at 3:00 PM (local time) on site, at the Shawnee Park site, adjacent to the Oronoko Twp Fire and Police Station.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND USE:

Bid Documents may be viewed at the following Plan Rooms on or after Tuesday 19th August, 2025.

Bidding documents are available electronically at no charge, via email. Please email your request to

CARMI at cadmin@carmi.biz.

Contact with bidding questions: cadmin@carmi.biz. cc emails to Randy Boersen, randy@carmi.biz, OWNER: Berrien Springs Public Schools 285 Sylvester Avenue

Berrien Springs, MI 49103

(Administrative Offices)

ARCHITECT: CARMI Design Group

210 E. Main Street, Suite 200

P.O. Box 487

Niles, MI 49120

Phone: 269-663-5073

Builders Exchange of Kalamazoo www.builder-exchange.com

Builders Exchange of Lansing www.bxlansing.com

Builders Exchange of Michigan www.grbx.com

Construction Association of Michigan www.BuildwithCAM.com

ConstructConnect www.constructconnect.com

Dodge Construction Network www.construction.com

MACIAF (South Bend, IN) www.constructionsite.org

Shawnee Road Ballfields 2 Invitation to Bid Parking Lot Improvements

BONDS:

A five percent (5%) Bid Bond shall accompany each bid. The successful bidder will be required to provide a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Bonds, and certificates of Liability and Worker’s Compensation Insurance.

OTHER CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION:

1. The awarded contractor will be required to pay not less than the published Berrien County, Michigan prevailing wage rates.

2. Each bid shall be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationship that exists between the owner or any employee of the bidder and any member of the Berrien Springs Public Schools Board of Education or the superintendent of the school district.

3. No bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of Thirty (30) calendar days after the date set for bid opening.

4. Public Act 517 of 2012 (effective December 31, 2012) enacted the “Iran Economic Sanctions Act”, which prevents “Iran linked businesses” from bidding on a school district or ISD’s request for proposals (“RFP”). This law requires that persons submitting bids certify that they are not an “Iran linked business,” which is defined as either:

a) A person engaging in investment activities in the energy sector of Iran, including a person that provides oil or liquefied natural gas tankers or products used to construct or maintain pipelines used to transport oil or liquefied natural gas for the energy sector of Iran; or

b) A financial institution that extends credit to another person, if that person will use the credit to engage in investment activities in the energy sector of Iran.

5. Berrien Springs Public Schools reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any defects or irregularities in bids, and to accept any bid that is deemed most advantageous to the public interest.